8318 Averroes
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8318 Averroes is a dark
Themistian asteroid The Themis family (''adj. Themistian''; ) is a family of carbonaceous asteroids located in the outer portion of the asteroid belt, at a mean distance of 3.13 AU from the Sun. It is one of the largest families with over 4700 known members, and cons ...
from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 29 September 1973, by Dutch astronomers Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, and
Tom Gehrels Anton M.J. "Tom" Gehrels (February 21, 1925 – July 11, 2011) was a Dutch–American astronomer, Professor of Planetary Sciences, and Astronomer at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Biography Youth and education Gehrels was born at Haa ...
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, and assigned the provisional designation '. The likely C-type asteroid was named after medieval Muslim astronomer Averroës.


Orbit and classification

''Averroes'' is a core member of the Themis family (), a prominent family. Alternatively, a different HCM-analysis by Nesvorny found it to be a Background asteroid. It orbits the Sun in the
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– Minor Planet Center * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Averroes 008318 008318 Discoveries by Cornelis Johannes van Houten Discoveries by Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld Discoveries by Tom Gehrels
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